AltWeeklies Wire
Kathryn Miller Haines Creates Winner in Rosie Winternew
Pittsburgh mystery author's Miss Winter was published in June; Haines has completed a sequel, The Winter of Her Discontent, due out next June.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Staff |
09-25-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Danialewski Challenges Readers with Second Novelnew
Even seasoned readers might feel a twinge of confusion, frustration or panic upon first opening Only Revolutions. Each page offers either three or four patches of text, rendered in as many different fonts and type sizes; at least one patch is upside down.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
09-25-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
50 Years of Janus Filmsnew
Pittsburgh Filmmakers presents a two-week film festival -- 16 films that offer a primer on what came to be known as "arthouse cinema."
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Al Hoff |
09-25-2007 |
Movies
New Invisible Joy Hits Road After Two Years in Studionew
From the conceptual packaging to the interwoven themes of mortality and loss, Kontakt is a pop-rock record by a Pittsburgh-based group that has no business in the local CD section; bearing traces of The Psychedelic Furs, U2, Coldplay and The Verve.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
09-25-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kontakt, New Invisible Joy
Pump Up the Volume
Feast of Love mutes a tale of irrational passions.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
09-25-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Feast of Love, Robert Benton
Pvt. Brad McCall Heads to Canadanew
Feeling it's his only peaceable option, McCall packed his bags and left Colorado last weekend. In Canada, he'll join hundreds of other asylum-seeking soldiers.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Anthony Lane |
09-25-2007 |
War
Slash Touts his New Band as Everyone’s Celebrating the Old Onenew
Velvet Revolver's releasing a new album, but Slash's recent Rolling Stone cover pictured him Guns N' Roses to celebrate 25-year-old Appetite For Destruction.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
09-25-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Velvet Revolver, Libertad
Flobots, Nerds of a Feathernew
This insurgent hip-hop crew will move you by any means necessary.
Westword |
Dave Herrera |
09-25-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Fight With Tools, Flobots
The Hard Choices at Austin City Limitsnew
The organizers of this year's festival generally did an excellent job, dealing with headliner cancellations, fires and dehydrated sorority girls, but they really gave us a doozy of a decision to make on Friday afternoon: M.I.A. or LCD Soundsystem?
Dallas Observer |
Jonanna Widner |
09-25-2007 |
Concerts
Houston, We Have an Environmental Problemnew
The twist on this familiar astronaut story is that it's a post-Al Gore doc, itself in the shadow of An Inconvenient Truth.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
09-25-2007 |
Reviews
Jennifer Worick: Seattle's Busiest Author?new
Worick has little patience for authors trying to crank out the Great American Novel; she's too busy getting published — about 20 books, by her count, over the past half-dozen years.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
09-25-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Sherri Brokaw Was the Scapegoatnew
And that's how Michael Hinojosa escaped blame in the DISD credit card scandal.
Dallas Observer |
Jim Schutze |
09-25-2007 |
Politics
New Haven Ignores Open Record Laws in ID Card Casenew
Call it admirable or call it stubborn: The city is refusing to divulge the names of Elm City ID card applicants, which gives city dwellers (including undocumented immigrants) access to New Haven parks and libraries.
New Haven Advocate |
Betsy Yagla |
09-25-2007 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
A New Colorado Law Reduces Sentences for Some Juvenile Murderersnew
Last year, the legislature allowed for juvies convicted of first-degree murder -- including felony murder -- to be eligible for parole after forty years, instead of life-without-parole.
Westword |
Luke Turf |
09-25-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
John Timoney, America's Worst Copnew
He has spent 138 days on the road in just a few years on the job -- so who's minding the Miami Police Department?
Miami New Times |
Tamara Lush |
09-25-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
